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Love My Dog (1927)
Character: Office worker
Farina Hoskins discovers a stray dog. Joe Cobb suggests that he and Farina take the dog to the gang's dog show. In the middle of the show, the dogcatchers crack down on picking up all unlicensed strays to control a hydrophobia epidemic; the injection to control the disease costs five dollars.
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The Glorious Fourth (1927)
Character: Motorist
It's the Fourth of July and the mother of Our Gang member Joe Cobb is doing a brisk business at her fireworks stand. Briefly left in charge of the stand, Joe does his best not to blow up himself or his friends, but a poorly-aimed skyrocket owned by Allen "Farina" Hoskins triggers a somewhat premature but undeniably spectacular display of pyrotechnics.
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Is Marriage the Bunk? (1925)
Character: Crowd onlooker (uncredited)
Charley has in-laws that look down on him because he's not rich. So, to try to keep up, he rushes out to buy a car—but no matter, they still think he's a drip—as does his wife. Later, when he's given a simple job to do by his boss, he screws it up—and loses face once again with his family.
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Sailors, Beware! (1927)
Character: Man boarding boat (uncredited)
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
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The Boy Friend (1928)
Character: Bit Role
The pretty daughter of a bank clerk meets a handsome college student who attempts to romance her. Due to the comical nature of the two kids meeting, the father suspects the student to be of ill repute and he and his wife conspire to scare him away by acting crazy.
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Do Detectives Think? (1927)
Character: Juror
An escaped convict is out to kill the judge who sentenced him. Two inept detectives are hired to guard the judge.
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Fair and Muddy (1928)
Character: Man Who Checks Tires
Living in an orphanage, the gang has to deal with Amanda, a child-hating spinster. To receive a bequest from a rich uncle, she must acquire a child. Thinking suspicion, the gang causes all kinds of havoc toward her including a mud battle.
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Saturday's Lesson (1929)
Character: Dr. A.M. Austin
A man dressed as the devil scares the gang into minding their mothers.
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Angora Love (1929)
Character: Mr. Caribeau
Stanley and Oliver are adopted by a runaway goat, whose noise and aroma in turn get the goat of their suspicious landlord.
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The Battle of the Century (1927)
Character: Fruit vendor (uncredited)
Fight manager takes out an insurance policy on his puny pugilist and then proceeds to try to arrange for an accident so that he can collect.
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Seeing the World (1927)
Character: Extra at pier
In this Our Gang film, James Finlayson plays the gang's schoolteacher who takes the kids to Europe after winning a local contest. He takes them on a tour of Naples, Pompeii, Rome, the Vatican, Venice, London, and finally Paris, where problems arise on top of the Eiffel Tower.
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The Ol' Gray Hoss (1928)
Character: Creditor
This story revolves around an old man who feels alone in the world aside from the gang who keeps him company and his old horse. He runs a horse and buggy business, but he has new competition: an auto taxi. The gang helps him to maintain his job by sabotaging the other man's.
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Busy Bodies (1933)
Character: Shop Worker (uncredited)
In this short film, Laurel and Hardy wage battle with inanimate objects, their co-workers, and the laws of physics during a routine work day at a sawmill.
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